The Red and the Green : : The Rise and Fall of Collectivized Agriculture in Marxist Regimes / / Frederic L. Pryor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Pryor, Frederic L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 205
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (566 p.)

Reorganizing the agricultural sector into large-scale state and collective farms was the most radical transformation of economic institutions implemented by Marxist governments. Frederic Pryor provides perspective on this unique experiment by comparing in a systematic and original fashion the changes in the organization of agriculture in all of the world's Marxist nations. This approach allows not only a clearer understanding of the major lines of agricultural policy and organization in these nations but also a keener insight into the reasons underlying the variations among them. What have been the doctrinal elements that have led to collectivization? Why has the process of collectivization been so different in various nations? How have the farms been organized, both internally and within the larger economy? How has the performance of agriculture differed between the various Marxist nations and comparable capitalist nations? And what are the difficulties in reversing collectivization and moving back toward private agriculture? In answering these questions, The Red and the Green draws on a vast number of primary and secondary sources from many nations, as well as from extensive interviews with farmers, agricultural officials, and specialists in more than a dozen Marxist nations. Among books dealing with problems of communist economy, this study is unrivaled in its broad scope, combined with careful institutional and statistical analysis.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps, Tables, and Diagrams -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. An Overview of the Major Problems and Themes -- Chapter 2. The Marxist Theory of Agricultural Development and Collectivization -- PART II: Land Reforms and Collectivization -- Chapter 3. Agrarian Reforms -- Chapter 4. The Establishment of State and Collective Farms -- PART III: Structural Elements -- Chapter 5. Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Agriculture -- Chapter 6. The Internal Organization of the Farms -- PART IV: Policies and Performance -- Chapter 7. Selected Agricultural Policies -- Chapter 8. Agricultural Performance -- PART V: Reforms and the Future -- Chapter 9. When Is Collectivization Reversible? -- Chapter 10. Reforms of Agriculture: Sectoral Issues -- Chapter 11. Some Broad Issues of Agricultural Reform -- Appendixes -- RESEARCH NOTES -- STATISTICAL NOTES -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Country and Subject Index